So WWI started because Ferdinand's driver had a lousy sense of direction. It's like the truck that almost killed Hitler when he was in his 20's, another ounce of pressure on the gas pedal and the whole world changes.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo:Oh, and the Archduke was shot, not stabbed. And the assassin was Bosnian, not Serbian. To be more accurate, the assassin was a member of the Black Hand and a radical anarchist.

yes but A) brooches have pins not trigger fingers so the headline wouldn' be nearly as funny now would it? and B) History says it was a Serb because the Black hand is ususlly described as a "Serbian Terrorist group" and "Bosnian Serb" is an actual thing

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo:So WWI started because Ferdinand's driver had a lousy sense of direction. It's like the truck that almost killed Hitler when he was in his 20's, another ounce of pressure on the gas pedal and the whole world changes.

Nah, the war started because of a sandwich.

Assassin Princip was despondent because his group failed in killing Franzie the day before. So Princip decides to go to a Deli for lunch. As he emerges from the Deli with his yummy sandwich, he sees Duke Franz in his stalled car out right front. What luck! Bang, bang.

If Princip had only brown-bagged it that day, millions would still be alive (or at least something else would have started the powder keg).

One of the Hapsburg scions worked for a UN office in Geneva, and notice one afternoon that there was no oneat their desks. He walked around the office and found everyone gathered around a TV in the break room.

"What's going on?" he asked the nearest person.

"Its a cup semi-final," the person answered when not staring rapt at the screen.

One of the Hapsburg scions worked for a UN office in Geneva, and notice one afternoon that there was no oneat their desks. He walked around the office and found everyone gathered around a TV in the break room.

"What's going on?" he asked the nearest person.

"Its a cup semi-final," the person answered when not staring rapt at the screen.